Logo
Quote by Thomas Harrison
A poem conveys not a message so much as the provenance of a messag

A poem conveys not a message so much as the provenance of a message, an advent of sense. – Thomas Harrison

Other quotes by Thomas Harrison

No art form points like poetry to this originality of language as to its essential and abiding concern. – Thomas Harrison

Category:
Poetry
Author
Thomas Harrison
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Poetry
category

I think Ginsberg has done more harm to the craft that I honor and live by than anybody else by reducing it to a kind of mean that enables the most dubious practitioners to claim they are poets because they think, If the kind of thing Ginsberg does is poetry, I can do that. – James Dickey

Category:
Poetry

The poetry of a given age teaches us less what it has, than what it wants and what it loves. It is a living medal, where the concavities in the die are transformed into convexities on the bronze or gold. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

Category:
Poetry

Reading poetry gives me a sense of calm, well-being, and love for humanity – the same stuff more flexible women get from yoga. – J. Courtney Sullivan

Category:
Poetry

Poetry being the sign of that which all men desire, even though the desire be unconscious, intensity of life or completeness of experience, the universality of its appeal is a matter of course. – John Drinkwater

Category:
Poetry

Random Quotes

All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without benefit of experience. – Henry Miller

Category:
Experience

Diets are for those who are thick and tired of it. – Mary Tyler Moore

Category:
Dieting

It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end. – Ursula K. Le Guin

Category:
Miscellaneous

I chose Sony Classics, not just because of their practical experience, not just because of their wisdom in marketing, but mainly because of their integrity. – Arthur Cohn

Category:
Wisdom